State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1980 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 365,981 California births in 1980 across 4,034 distinct names.

Distinctively California

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say California more than they say America.

#57Mayraoutside the national top 200
#59Ana#198 nationally
#56Claudia#191 nationally
#66Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#52Angelica#184 nationally
#73Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#75Rosaoutside the national top 200
#76Soniaoutside the national top 200
#69Alejandro#187 nationally
#81Fernando#196 nationally
#86Armandooutside the national top 200
#89Eduardooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,612US #1
#2Melissa2,985US #4
#3Jessica2,928US #3
#4Sarah2,578US #5
#5Michelle2,432US #10
#6Maria2,246US #36
#7Nicole2,239US #7
#8Elizabeth2,213US #9
#9Christina2,090US #15
#10Amanda1,878US #2
#11Stephanie1,616US #13
#12Lisa1,615US #16
#13Heather1,583US #6
#14Amber1,492US #22
#15Kimberly1,464US #11
#16Tiffany1,402US #14
#17Veronica1,397US #70
#18Rebecca1,367US #17
#19Laura1,348US #21
#20Angela1,338US #12
#21Amy1,297US #8
#22Erin1,289US #20
#23Sara1,222US #27
#24Monica1,158US #45
#25Crystal1,094US #18
#26Andrea1,092US #28
#27Kelly1,062US #19
#28Jamie1,051US #24
#29Vanessa1,009US #69
#30Erica1,003US #34
#31Rachel997US #23
#32Danielle959US #33
#33Shannon923US #29
#34Sandra902US #80
#35Megan866US #30
#36Patricia853US #51
#37Christine850US #41
#38April846US #26
#39Mary833US #25
#40Julie827US #32
#41Cynthia787US #64
#42Alicia770US #47
#43Katherine743US #35
#44Emily719US #31
#45Nancy677US #111
#46Lauren649US #38
#47Kristin625US #37
#48Natalie618US #65
#49Erika611US #87
#50Monique594US #93
#51Anna569US #55
#52Angelica565US #184
#53Kristen556US #39
#54Wendy556US #75
#55Diana539US #118
#56Claudia524US #191
#57Mayra512
#58Valerie511US #85
#59Ana508US #198
#60Jacqueline506US #81
#61Kristina482US #73
#62Katie474US #44
#63Leslie474US #61
#64Karen472US #54
#65Brenda471US #115
#66Adriana468
#67Teresa466US #94
#68Linda456US #110
#69Brooke455US #57
#70Denise442US #95
#71Desiree441US #156
#72Kathryn440US #50
#73Leticia439
#74Julia438US #98
#75Rosa433
#76Sonia433
#77Stacy433US #53
#78Courtney431US #48
#79Allison426US #59
#80Brandy423US #42
#81Samantha423US #58
#82Susan420US #62
#83Ashley419US #40
#84Tracy414US #56
#85Victoria413US #103
#86Melanie411US #60
#87Lindsay407US #71
#88Carrie402US #46
#89Gina401US #100
#90Catherine394US #77
#91Lorena394
#92Tara388US #43
#93Heidi384US #79
#94Renee375US #107
#95Jenny374US #117
#96Maribel372
#97Tanya368US #88
#98Candice362US #99
#99Sabrina362US #113
#100Brandi358US #63

Boys

#1Michael6,906US #1
#2David5,084US #4
#3Christopher4,782US #2
#4Daniel4,148US #11
#5Jason4,104US #3
#6Robert3,478US #9
#7Matthew3,379US #6
#8Joshua3,138US #7
#9James3,023US #5
#10John3,023US #8
#11Ryan2,990US #15
#12Jose2,974US #46
#13Joseph2,825US #10
#14Brian2,726US #12
#15Justin2,398US #13
#16Eric2,314US #16
#17Richard2,105US #26
#18Anthony2,100US #24
#19Nicholas2,087US #17
#20Steven1,872US #28
#21Juan1,764US #59
#22Andrew1,743US #19
#23Jonathan1,724US #21
#24William1,714US #14
#25Kevin1,640US #23
#26Jeffrey1,575US #27
#27Adam1,550US #22
#28Timothy1,452US #20
#29Jeremy1,446US #18
#30Aaron1,409US #34
#31Mark1,356US #30
#32Brandon1,346US #31
#33Scott1,328US #33
#34Paul1,298US #35
#35Thomas1,267US #25
#36Benjamin1,206US #32
#37Carlos1,133US #78
#38Charles1,063US #29
#39Sean1,061US #48
#40Luis1,058US #88
#41Jesus1,036US #110
#42Jesse1,005US #45
#43Patrick902US #38
#44Jacob901US #43
#45Gabriel877US #85
#46Nathan861US #36
#47Kenneth860US #41
#48Gregory855US #42
#49Jorge841US #139
#50Stephen836US #40
#51Bryan815US #49
#52Erik813US #64
#53Miguel801US #128
#54Edward796US #52
#55Ricardo781US #117
#56Manuel779US #144
#57Victor768US #107
#58Francisco724US #154
#59Mario715US #102
#60Raymond711US #66
#61Dustin704US #44
#62Peter683US #55
#63Travis676US #37
#64Antonio662US #77
#65Samuel656US #54
#66George614US #60
#67Roberto614US #145
#68Shawn601US #47
#69Alejandro599US #187
#70Derek591US #50
#71Jaime585US #167
#72Frank569US #81
#73Alexander561US #91
#74Ronald558US #58
#75Ruben553US #165
#76Joel540US #67
#77Chad538US #39
#78Donald522US #53
#79Jared515US #61
#80Oscar512US #176
#81Fernando509US #196
#82Hector503US #169
#83Raul494US #190
#84Phillip490US #65
#85Javier484US #186
#86Armando471
#87Keith468US #56
#88Adrian463US #115
#89Eduardo459
#90Sergio453
#91Kyle441US #57
#92Vincent430US #111
#93Cesar421
#94Gary411US #63
#95Ian408US #104
#96Salvador400
#97Omar392US #170
#98Douglas391US #62
#99Jeremiah389US #76
#100Rafael388

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑37Kristin#47
↑34Katie#62
↑28Kristen#53
↑23Lauren#46
↑19Tiffany#16
↑19Dustin#61
↑18Ana#59
↑15Linda#68

Falling

↓29Gina#89
↓23Brandy#80
↓23Carrie#88
↓20Tracy#84
↓20Sabrina#99
↓17Tara#92
↓16Desiree#71
↓16Stacy#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.